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by Bruce Brown | February 9, 2016 | General News, Health
An oft-cited statistic about the ability to see is the World Health Organization’s claim that approximately 285 million people worldwide have impaired vision. Of that immense group, 39 million are totally blind and 246 million have varying degrees of significant...
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by Bruce Brown | February 8, 2016 | General News, Health
According to a World Health Organization study in 2010, 285 million people suffered from visual impairment attributed to macular degeneration, glaucoma, diabetic retinopathy, retinitis pigmentosa, or other visual conditions. As our population...
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by Bruce Brown | February 5, 2016 | General News, Health
We have looked at smart scales in the past, most recently the CES 2016 Innovation Award-winning QardioBase that measures weight, muscle mass, body fat percentage, and water and bone composition, sending data via Bluetooth to your tablet or phone app where it...
by Bruce Brown | February 4, 2016 | General News, Health
Breathing is pretty important; the alternative doesn’t bode well for anyone. But the life-enabling process of breathing can also have a healing or calming role. Two fairly common conditions that many of us have at times are hyperventilation and minor panic...
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by Bruce Brown | February 3, 2016 | General News, Health
People with severe urinary incontinence are often elderly and care dependent, so they need assistance to be changed on a timely basis to prevent infection and skin ulcers, not to mention maintaining their personal comfort. Whether people live in a care facility or...
